Florida drivers are nuts. It's absolute insanity that they drive around AT NIGHT with NO HEADLIGHTS. I mean, since it is the city, the roads are pretty well lit, but guess what? No one else can see you! However, it's even more annoying when people drive in the opposite side (heading toward you), in the city mind you, with their high beams [aka, "brights"] on.
Normal headlights aren't necessarily awful unless you are driving a Corvette that practically scrapes the road in which case every headlight is directly at eye-level. Usually, headlights have a pretty concentrated hotspot aiming directly in front of the vehicle and angled down towards the road. I assume this is because of the curvature of the reflector. But if you bear the pain for about two seconds, you'll pass by the hotspot and be able to focus back on the black void in front of you safely.
High beams are different though. There is no escaping the pain. It always appears that no matter how far away, or how far off-axis you are, you just can't see past them. I assume this is, again, because of the curvature of the reflector (not to mention the obvious difference in intensity) to try and throw the light farther and wider down the road.
Well anyway, I was more than annoyed, not to mention distracted. Fortunately, I was the leader of the three-lane caravan traveling down Semoran and didn't have to worry about nearly rear-ending anyone.
In conclusion, high-beams are really annoying. If you find yourself faced with them...
DON'T GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT!
Agreed but what I find most interesting is people use their high beams in the brightest situations or lack thereof brain wise like when driving to school at 9AM one day I pass a car driving with their brights on in the early morning when they weren't even necessary and then other times it is 1AM pitch black and no one has their headlights on explain the logic behind that
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